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In Louisiana, a CODA residency, GPR, or AEGD may satisfy part of the licensure path. The sourced conditions and the board's own rule are below.
CODA postgraduate program (residency) pathway ACCEPTED — no repeat DDS/DMD required. An applicant who did NOT attend an accredited (CODA) dental school/college must successfully complete a post-graduate CODA-approved program in either general dentistry OR one of the board-approved specialties, consisting of at least two consecutive years at the same institution (the Board does not accept an accumulation of shorter programs to meet this). This is a residency/postgraduate pathway, not an advanced-standing undergraduate DDS/DMD.
National board exam (NBDE / iNBDE) + the ADEX clinical examination (must be completed within 5 years of applying for licensure by examination) + the Louisiana jurisprudence exam. (WREB retired 12/31/2022; ADEX is administered via CDCA/CITA.)
The '2 consecutive years, same institution, general dentistry or board-approved specialty' postgraduate CODA program requirement for non-accredited-school graduates is well-supported by the ADA Louisiana Laws & Rules compilation and the LA Administrative Code (Title 46, Part XXXIII). Confidence held at medium because the exact controlling section number could not be quoted from a clean official source in this pass (the LSBD site and LII pages were partly non-parseable / directory-only). Verify the specific LAC 46:XXXIII citation and current wording with the Board (iris@lsbd.org / alexx@lsbd.org, 504-568-8574).
INBDE · written national board
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